Coach McCollum post game interview after IU win

kwik44

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Doesn’t seem to be a fire in the belly of DD anymore. My opinion is this won’t look good towards the end of year 3.
 

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in case you're so inclined...


I was so inclined. Always nice to hear from the "Other side." DD is like Ben, in that he takes accountability. He credits opposing players and points out where his guys can improve. His team gives up 1.15 pts/possession and leans heavily on his starters. He mentioned fatigue, which is normal when you play guys for heavy minutes. He's got to figure that out and he will. He gave our guys a lot of well deserved credit on the defensive side as well as credit to Bennett for offense, so good for him. Thanks for posting this. BTW, our starters played several minutes as well, and both benches contributed similarly in scoring.
 

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DD, like Ben had to put a roster together in a flash.
Ben brought most of his team with him,while DD only brought tucker, I believe.
We did a great job on their most dynamic player,Wilkerson and made tucker beat us.
Tucker is in a shooting slump so good decision.
IU is small,like Iowa, without the toughness of hawks
I just don't think they have the horses, despite the rumored 11 million payroll.
DD is a good coach,and will continue to have resources so they will be better next year.
Wish we played them in carver this year.
Go figure that I would rather play IU twice and Nebraska once!
 

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DD, like Ben had to put a roster together in a flash.
Ben brought most of his team with him,while DD only brought tucker, I believe.
We did a great job on their most dynamic player,Wilkerson and made tucker beat us.
Tucker is in a shooting slump so good decision.
IU is small,like Iowa, without the toughness of hawks
I just don't think they have the horses, despite the rumored 11 million payroll.
DD is a good coach,and will continue to have resources so they will be better next year.
Wish we played them in carver this year.
Go figure that I would rather play IU twice and Nebraska once!
Yah, that was clever of Ben to bring all those five-stars with him from Drake, kinda like Cignetti bringin' in that boatload of All-Americans from James Madison . . . ;)
 
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LetsGoHawks83

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DD thinking "I just got my *** handed to me, at home, by a coach with far less resources and brand recognition than me."

Iowa fans thinking "we got the better "Drake" coach.....and it's not even close"

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The Big Z

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Yah, that was clever of Ben to bring all those five-stars with him from Drake, kinda like Cignetti bringin' in that boatload of All-Americans from James Madison . . . ;)
The continuity of having his NW MO guys then Drake and now playing for the Hawks is huge. Stirtz, Cam, Combs and even Tavion and Howard know exactly what he wants. It’s a huge advantage vs just bringing in 12 new guys.